What Makes a Healthy Team?

We are quickly approaching the end of our first third of the race! Time is going ever so quickly and our squad is about to undergo some changes. At our upcoming debrief our leadership is going to mix our teams up a bit. We’ve been doing life with the same 5-6 people thus far, but there are 51 people in the squad. Changing teams provides us the opportunity to really invest and get to know other people in the squad and to continue growing. 

Living in community is not always the easiest thing. You wake up to, hang out with, work alongside, and go to sleep next to the same people day in  and day out. You face unfamiliar and difficult situations together and you see each other at your best and your worst. Community can be hard- but it’s worth the fight and effort. It allows you to grow in intimacy with others and with the Lord, it provides the push and encouragement you need to pray big things and to recognize your gifts, and it allows you to dive into hard conversations knowing the people around you have your best interest at heart and will speak out of love.

I’ve spent the last 4 months with 5 of the most incredible people. I’ve learned so much from each of them individually and collectively as a group. We’ve been able to dive right into getting to know each other and they now feel like family. I know that no matter what, they have my back and choose to see the best in me. We took some time to reflect on our time together and to share our thoughts on what makes a healthy team. We are by no means experts, but wanted to share what we’ve learned so far. I believe these insights apply to any type of team or community- so no matter where you are, check it out!

 

So click on the link to Allie’s blog to get a glimpse into our life as “The Unsoundables”:

http://allieredding.theworldrace.org/post/how-to-have-a-healthy-world-race-team-what-we-have-learned